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Friday, June 15, 2012

Sketch Card of the Day- Rio Blast!

Rio Blast Sketch Card by Taylor Lymbery

Today's deviation is Rio Blast! I just want to start off by stating how out of place I feel this character is in the MOTU universe! I love this character, but the cyborg gun toting limbs space cowboy doesn't really fit. Secondly, his name screams something of a extremely Cool-Aid flavor, strange love making act or a water slide park from the early 90's! (Tubular) But yet, here we have a cyborg with hidden blaster toting appendages in space marshall digs with an incredibly simple yet flamboyant name. As a kid, I remember searching for Rio Blast. I knew he didn't fit, but he was so unique that I just had to have him in my collection! I would imagine what he could do to help He-Man and the Masters with all of the gun power that he was toting. And then I would think of scenarios where Skeletor would offer him a job playing in on his space cowboy loneliness personality to turn him from the Masters. In the end, his loyal heart of gold would bring him back to the good and he would blast evil with the super awesome giant blaster backpack and thigh and chest cannons! I imagined a lot, but was never able to get him. To this day, I am still trying to get a Rio Blast that will not cut too deep into my toy budget. Years later, I essentially got my "Rio Blast" when I got Marshall Bravestarr, but it just wasn't the same. When the 200X series was being made, I had really hoped that Rio would be made in action figure form. We weren't so lucky. He did however get made in the MYP vain as a staction or statue figurine. I am also after this one... at a decent price. So far, no luck. So, with the classics series running, I'm going to have to breakdown and get Mr. Blast. Let's hope he worth the price tag by the time he comes out! You can
also see this sketch cardhere.

Just a quick update: I did
go
ahead and
purchase a table for the Fan
Days Convention in October. So I will be there (given that I don't have
another mishap).

Now, you mighty be asking what
this
Marvin Dog media is. I've got
answers. I had been working with a good friend of mine, Jeff McGee,
before I got sick on designing logos and banners for a podcast that I am
on and logos and banners of podcasts that other friends are on. I have
listened to all of the shows so far and they are great! Jeff and I are
on the show where we talk about toys! (Go figure, I mean Go action
figure!) That show is called Talking toys with Taylor and Jeff. The
other two shows are The pilot episode, where Jeff and Josh Taylor break
down the Pilot Episode in TV series, and The Loosely Based Podcast where
Husband and wife, Brynna and Jeff, compare the book to the movie
adaptation! Again, the shows are great! If you are interested in what we
got, go to Marvindogmedia.com
and give us a listen. You can subscribe to the shows on itunes and get
up to date info on upcoming shows on facebook:

Give us a like, if you want! And, if you like what we have, be sure to
tell your friends! We need your word of mouth to help us keep making
shows!

Now, I'm opening commissions
for 2.5" X 3.5" sketch
cards. They are $10 + shipping and handling which will be $6 in
the continental United States of America. I'll have to get a quote for
any territories outside of that. I will also open up my 7" X 10.5"
colored page
line drawings for commissions. Same price as the sketch cards, but I'll
have to check on the shipping (due to the difference in size). If you
want to see what I mean by colored sheet drawing, gohere. If you want a
sketch card, send me an e-mail to taylorlymbery@gmail.com. Name your
character and we will go from there. I take paypal. I want to make sure
you all have links to the projects and sites that I work on. Here is
the listing.Here's what I have:Twitter:BarnlordDeviantart:BarnlordCafepress art shop:Taylor Lymbery's Pop
Parody art ShopAbout Me page:Taylor LymberyXenex Website:www.xenexthebugman.comXenex on Facebook:Xenex's faceybookXenex Cafepress art
shop:Xenex the Bug Man shop

About Me

I'm an illustrator, and avid toy collector. I work on two comics currently: Xenex the Bug Man and Unstoppable Force. I love bacon cheeseburgers, burritos and tacos and could literally eat them everyday. When I'm not drawing, I like riding my bike and playing video games with my best friend, Matt.